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Two Muses, By An Artist From The Workshop Of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504)

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This painting, attributed to an anonymous artist from the workshop of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504), depicts two Muses—patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity—from...

Lucian of Samosata

Queen Arsinoe’s Brief Wartime Reign At The Twilight Of Ptolemaic Egypt

Land Of The Lotus Eaters, By Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872)

Odysseus And The Sirens, By An Unknown Roman Painter In Pompeii (c. 79 CE or Earlier)

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The Bulgarian Entrapment Of Imperial Conspirators Against Emperor Leo III of Constantinople

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Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741) gained power due, in large part, to the actions and reign of a former ruler named Emperor...
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The Pungent Origin Story Of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos

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Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...

Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Who Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

Balthild: The Anglo-Saxon Queen of the Franks

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Hate AI? Then Use These Tips To Easily Find Free, Reusable, Public Domain Art

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Do you dislike AI art? And are you disappointed with the search engine results you see when you search for photographs and artworks? If...

Herbert Krause

Engelbert Dollfuss And The Appeasement Dictatorship That Weakened Austria Before Its Annexation By Hitler

Winston Churchill

James Fenimore Cooper

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Two Muses, By An Artist From The Workshop Of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504)

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This painting, attributed to an anonymous artist from the workshop of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504), depicts two Muses—patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity—from...

Land Of The Lotus Eaters, By Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872)

Odysseus And The Sirens, By An Unknown Roman Painter In Pompeii (c. 79 CE or Earlier)

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The Deadly Inhospitable Nudge Of Sceiron

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According to ancient Greek myth and legend, a curious figure named Sceiron lived atop a Megarid seaside cliff at a place called Chelonê. Sceiron...

The Oracles Of Dodona

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  Herodotus (c. 490-425/420 BCE), the father of Greek history, claimed that Dodona in Epirus held the honor of being the most ancient oracle site...

Scylla And Charybdis, Painted By Alessandro Allori (c. 1535–1607)

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This artwork, created by the Florentine artist Alessandro Allori (c. 1535–1607), depicts one of the famous scenes from Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey.  It...

Sappho

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Sappho (said to have flourished in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE) "'She who shuns love soon will pursue it, She who scorns gifts will...

Mark Twain Did Not Write, “It is never wrong to do the right thing”

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Online quote aggregators and databases of dubious attribution accuracy often claim that Mark Twain (the alias used by Samuel Clemens, c. 1835-1910) stated, “It is...

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